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Fundraising - is this allowed?

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BippityBopper · 27/10/2024 10:09

Are you allowed to volunteer for your local school to raise funds for disadvantaged pupils (perhaps pupil premium). It would be for something like extra maths and literacy tuition. Or is this not allowed as it is for specific students rather than the whole school?

There is no PTA and it would be applying for a grant via a blue token scheme or grant from ASDA or Tesco. I'd like to know prior to going through the application process if possible.

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Himawarigirl · 27/10/2024 10:16

You’ll have to speak to your school first. I’m a school governor and know that we get lots of grants that are aimed at pupil premium children. And on the PTA we also know that the school helps direct some of the money we raise to support pupil premium children with that they need. So they will know best whether and how they could direct any money you secure to pupil premium children and how useful it would be.

Needmorelego · 27/10/2024 10:25

A lot of schools already have volunteers that come in to help with reading - Beanstalk (I think it's called) is one and they are a charity themselves.
You would need to talk to the school and see if there is a specific need they have. I've seen stuff like "Help St Mary's Primary build an outdoor play area" as one of those Tesco blue token things. I think it needs to be money for a specific thing.

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BippityBopper · 27/10/2024 21:07

Needmorelego · 27/10/2024 10:25

A lot of schools already have volunteers that come in to help with reading - Beanstalk (I think it's called) is one and they are a charity themselves.
You would need to talk to the school and see if there is a specific need they have. I've seen stuff like "Help St Mary's Primary build an outdoor play area" as one of those Tesco blue token things. I think it needs to be money for a specific thing.

The idea came from a desire to close attainment gaps. Apparently the volunteers aren't that effective. I suppose because they aren't professionals in tutoring.

I'll definitely speak to the school more about this. I just assumed school fundraising had to benefit all pupils.

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BippityBopper · 27/10/2024 21:08

Himawarigirl · 27/10/2024 10:16

You’ll have to speak to your school first. I’m a school governor and know that we get lots of grants that are aimed at pupil premium children. And on the PTA we also know that the school helps direct some of the money we raise to support pupil premium children with that they need. So they will know best whether and how they could direct any money you secure to pupil premium children and how useful it would be.

Good to know you can grants specifically for PP pupils. Thanks.

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upat4 · 02/11/2024 21:34

@BippityBopper are you a parent or a tutor?

Tesco & Asda grants are usually only available to non-profit organisations, not to individuals, so it would need to be the school that applied. However, school staff often don't have the time to apply for grants, so might welcome your help to write an application for a specific project.

You'll have to ask them what they think of the tutoring idea though - I'd have thought that if they wanted that they could get it through the National Tutoring Programme: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-tutoring-programme-funding

National Tutoring Programme funding

Information for state-funded schools and independent special schools on funding allocations, how to use the funding and how to report on tutoring.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-tutoring-programme-funding

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